Programme

08.00

Arrival, coffee, exhibition

09.30

Opening Plenary

Delivering an Ambitious CCUS Industry Across Europe

Day 1 Moderator: Maryam Moshiri, Broadcaster

Opening remarks: Olivia Powis, Chief Executive, CCSA

Keynote Address: Michael Shanks MP, Minister of State (Minister for Energy), UK Govenment

10.10

Keynote

Reserved for Platinum Sponsor(s)

10.30

Plenary 2

CCUS Projects in Construction and Operation

Chair: Maryam Moshiri, Broadcaster

Speakers:

Kurt Jager Lykke, Head of Project Greensand INEOS (Greensand project)

Tim Heijn, Managing Director, Northern Lights

11.10

Break & Exhibition

11.30

Keynote

11.45

Plenary 3

Accelerating Industrial Decarbonisation & Maintaining Momentum in CCUS

Chair: Maryam Moshiri, Broadcaster

Speaker:

Matt Browell-Hook, Energy Transition Director, Spirit Energy

12.30

Lunch & exhibition

13.45

Presentation

Implementing Cross-Border CO₂ Storage: Linking ETSs and Unlocking Projects

Chair:

Speakers:

14.05

Plenary 4

Delivering Future CCUS Projects and Enabling Supportive Markets

Chair: Maryam Moshiri, Broadcaster

Speaker:

Al Tucker, General Manager CCS Europe, Shell

14.50

Delegates move to breakouts

15.00

Breakout Sessions

Breakout 1

Insurance & risk mitigation options for the full CCUS value chain

Chair: Anthony Hobley, Adjunct Professor, Singapore Institute of Technology

Speakers:

Maria Arana, Climate and Sustainability Leader, Marsh and MarshMcLennan Europe

Tom Merriman, Chief Underwriting Officer and co-founder, Kita

Breakout 2

Breakout 2

Workshop: Strengthening the CCUS Workforce to Deliver the Supply Chains for Future Projects (pt 1)

Chair:

Speaker:

Pauline Innes, Director of Supply Chain and Decommissioning, NSTA

Breakout 3

What Project Delivery Is Teaching Us: Lessons from EPCs and Other Models

Chair:

Speaker:

Griff Thomas, Executive Director of Energy Transition and External Affairs, United Infrastructure

15.45

Break & Exhibition

16.10

Breakout Sessions

Breakout 4

Beyond Pipelines – Expanding CO₂ Transport Solutions

Chair:

Speaker:

Otto Waterlander, Business Development Director New Energies HES International (Port of Wilhelmshaven, Germany)

Breakout 5

Workshop: Strengthening the CCUS Workforce to Deliver the Supply Chains for Future Projects (pt 2)

Chair:

Speaker:

Jude Knight, Head of Skills for Clean Growth, Cogent Skills

Breakout 6

CO2 beyond Storage: What next for CO2 Usage and SAF Markets?

Chair:

Speakers:

16.50

Delegates move to plenary

17.00

Plenary 5

Bankability of CCUS – moving from project finance to corporate finance

Chair: Maryam Moshiri, Broadcaster

Speakers:

Emily Sidhu, Managing Director, Banking and Investments, UK National Wealth Fund

Leonidas Theodorou, Executive Director, Standard Chartered

17.45

Drinks reception

08.00

Arrival, coffee, exhibition

09.00

Plenary 1

The Role of CCUS in Driving the Global Energy Transition

Chair:

Speaker:

Melissa Stark, former US DoE advisor, Rice University Business School

09.30

Deep-Dive Presentation

DNV Energy Transition Outlook

Speaker:

Dr Sarah Kimpton, Energy Transition Director, UK&I, DNV Services UK Limited

09.50

Plenary 2

Scaling Finance for Carbon Dioxide Removal and Enabling a Robust Buyers’ Market

Chair:

Speakers:

Ita Kettleborough, Energy Transitions Commission

Anders Egelrud, CEO, Stockholm Exergi

Kash Burchett, Global Head of Carbon Removal Technologies, HSBC

Alexander Mäkelä, Chief Policy Officer, Carbon Gap

10.35

Break & exhibition

11.00

Breakout Sessions

Breakout 1

Driving demand for power CCUS

Chair:

Speakers:

Breakout 2

Workshop: Enhancing Public Understanding of CCUS (pt 1)

Chair:

Speakers:

Diarmaid Clery, Lecturer in Engineering for Net Zero, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Manchester

Beth Barker, Head of Policy, Aldersgate Group

Breakout 3

Innovations in Capture Technologies – Cost Reduction & Optimization

Chair: Sarah Mackintosh, Director, Cleantech Group

Speakers:

11.45

Delegates move to breakout

11.55

Breakout Sessions

Breakout 4

CCUS Worldwide: Progress, Challenges and Opportunities

Chair:

Speaker:

Rosie Johnstone, Chair, CCUS Network Australia

Breakout 5

Workshop: Enhancing Public Understanding of CCUS (pt 2)”

Chair:

Speakers:

Breakout 6

Innovations in CO2 storage – Subsurface Integrity and Seismic Monitoring

Chair:

Speaker:

Jim White, Senior Research Geophysicist and CO2 Storage Project Manager, British Geological Survey

12.40

Lunch & Exhibition

13.50

Plenary 3

Implementing CCUS in Industry - Decarbonisation Without De-Industrialisation

Chair:

Speakers:

14.30

Delegates move to breakout

14.40

Breakout Sessions

Breakout 7

Advancing CDR projects: Putting the Net in Net Zero

Chair: Despoina Tsimprikidou, Senior UK Policy Officer, CCSA

Speakers:

Nicholas Chadwick, CEO, Mission Zero

Jannicke Gerner Bjerkås, Director CCS and Carbon Markets, Hafslund Celsio

Breakout 8

Scaling CCS-Enabled Hydrogen: Projects, Policy, and Progress

Chair:

Speakers:

Breakout 9

Delivering Carbon Capture as a service and the Role of Aggregators

Chair:

Speakers:

15.20

Break & Exhibition

15.40

Project update or country update

16.00

Closing plenary

The routemap to 2030 for CCUS

Chair: TBC

Speakers:

Closing remarks:

Olivia Powis, Chief Executive, CCSA

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